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Tower of London (12): The Old Armouries and Gun collection

Storage of Weapons and armour has always been part of the function of the Tower. Originally located in the White…

Tower of London

Weymouth Harbour

The modern town of Weymouth was once actually two competing ports, Weymouth on the south side and Melcombe Regis on…

Weymouth, Weymouth Boat Train

Well there is some logic to it!

Keith and I spotted this on the back of a beach hut on Portland during our recent trip to Dorset.

Portland

The Bank of England Museum (2): The History 1790-1950

Sir John Soane was appointed in 1828 to undertake an expansion of facilities on the site at Threadneedle St to…

Bank of England

Naturelog: 8th May

Sue and I set out for the coast intending to visit a couple of nature reserves on our way, but…

bough beech reservoir, Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, New Hythe and Leybourne Lakes, Pied Wagtail, Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve

Naturelog: 29th April

Our final day in Dorset and the heavy rain forecast has not materialised and so we set off for the…

Dorset Wildlife, Ruddy Turnstone, Weymouth

Naturelog: 28th April

Having visited the southern end of Portland on Tuesday, we decided to explore the northern end of the isthmus for…

Dorset Wildlife, Portland, Weymouth

Naturelog: 27th April

A day in the Purbeck area of Dorset with local birder, Neil Gartmore as our guide. Our first stop was…

Dorset Wildlife, Weymouth

Naturelog: 26th April

Day 2 of our trip to Dorset and we set off for a visit to Portland, famed for its building…

Dorset Wildlife, Portland, Weymouth

Naturelog: 25th April

A few days birdwatching with Keith in Dorset. On our arrival in Weymouth we dropped our luggage off at the…

Common Pochard, Common Sandpiper, Dorset Wildlife, RSPB Radipole, Tufted Duck, Weymouth

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